PUBLIC LAWS--CH. 180 -APR . 27, 1938 services, including rent and janitor service; purchase, exchange, and repair of instruments; plans and specifications; insignia, braid, and chin straps; coats, caps, and aprons for stewards' departments on vessels; and other incidental expenses of field offices, including con- tract stenographic reporting services in the District of Columbia and LPoal inspectors elsewhere; $2,322,000: Provided, That $50,000 of the amount herein overtimepay. appropriated shall be available only for the payment of extra com- pensation for overtime services of local inspectors of steam vessels and their assistants, and United States shipping commissioners and their deputies and assistants, for which the United States receives 46 U. S. C ., Supp. reimbursement in accordance with the provisions of section 6 of the III, §382b. Act of May 27, 1936 (46 U. S. C. 382b). National Bureau of NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS Standards. salaries and ex- Salaries and expenses: For carrying out the provisions of the Act P3Stat. 449. establishing the National Bureau of Standards, approved March 3, 597;15U. S.c.§§ 21- 1901 (5 U. S. C. 591, 597; 15 U. S. C. 271-278), and of Acts supple- 278. mentary thereto affecting the functions of the Bureau, and specifically including the functions as set forth under the Bureau of Standards in the "Department of Commerce Appropriation Act, 1935", 48Stat. 52 . approved April 7, 1934, and for all necessary expenses, purchases, and personnel connected with administration and operation, testing, inspection, and technical information service, research and develop- ment, and standards for commerce, including rental of laboratories in the field, communication service, transportation service; streetcar Attendance at meet- fares not exceeding $100, expenses of the visiting committee, attend- ommitteeoweights ance of American member at the meeting of the International Com- and Measures. "Detailed Public mittee of Weights and Measures; compensation and expenses of Health Service offi- medical officers of the Public Health Service detailed to the National e . Bureau of Standards for the purpose of maintaining a first-aid sta- tion and making clinical observations; compiling and disseminating scientific and technical data; demonstrating the results of the Bureau's work by exhibits or otherwise as may be deemed most upplies, etc. effective; purchases of supplies, materials, stationery, electric power fuel for heat, light, and power, and accessories of all kinds needed in the work of the Bureau, including supplies for office, laboratory, shop, and plant, and cleaning and toilet supplies, gloves, goggles, rubber boots, and aprons; contingencies of all kinds; supplies for operation maintenance, and repair of motortrucks and a passenger quipmt. automobile for official use, including their exchange; purchases of equipment of all kinds, including its repair and exchange, including apparatus, machines, and tools furniture, typewriters, adding machines, and other labor-saving devices, books, periodicals, and ref- erence books, including their exchange when not needed for perma- nent use; translation of technical articles when required; salary of the director and other personal services in the District of Columbia 5 .s.c. 661s-674; and in the field, in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as Supp. III, §673,673c. amended. Operation and Operation and administration: For the general operation and dmitration. administration of the Bureau; improvement and care of the grounds; plant equipment; necessary repairs and alterations to buildings; $270,000. Testing, inspection, Testing, inspection, and information service: For calibrating and and information serv- ice. certifying measuring instruments, apparatus, and standards in terms of the national standards; the preparation and distribution of stand- ard materials; the broadcasting of radio signals of standard fre- quency; the testing of equipment, materials, and supplies in connec- tion with Government purchases; the improvement of methods of 276 [52 STAT.
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